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Extraterrestrial Olivine Peridot: Faceted "Admireite"

7 December 2016, 10:00 PST
Los Angeles

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Extraterrestrial Olivine Peridot: Faceted "Admireite"

Stony Iron--Pallasite MG
Admire, Lyon Co., Kansas
Faceted by Martin Guptill

A stony-iron meteorite, or pallasite, Admire has small crystals of yellow-green olivine which have been dubbed –"gemstones from outer space". Some of the crystals are of such fine quality as to be classified as peridot, and a handful of these gems have been faceted. Only approximately 1% of the olivine crystals are facetable, most are too included or "friable" to be able to undergo the process, despite the superior hardness of celestial peridot with a Mohs 6.5. Most extraterrestrial olivines contain inclusions. Admire Meteoritic peridot must have inclusions in the crystals, which is what distinquishes them from terresterial (Earth) peridot. The present offering is a cushion-shaped faceted olivine of bright yellowish green hue, weighing approximately 0.82 carats and measuring 5.56 x 5.47 x 3.69mm

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Accompanied by a North American Lapidary Laboratory report number 10-1012 dated January 11, 2010 stating that the 0.82 carats stone is Pallasitic Olivine.

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